
Fat Burning Cardio Walking
Get Healthy U TV EditorsMaybe you love to walk but you’re looking to shake up your routine. How does some indoor power walking sound to you? That is what you will get with this great indoor fat burning cardio walk routine that you can do right at home! This fun indoor cardio walking workout features both power walking in place as well as other fun low impact moves that will get your heart pumping while burning tons of calories. No equipment needed! Join trainers Chris Freytag, Jodi Sussner and Lindsay Bomgren for this fantastic and fun indoor power cardio walking workout.
Who should do this workout? If you are a beginner, this is good for you! If you are getting back into working out, this is good for you. And if you are just looking for that low impact cardio option, this is good for you! Why? Cardio walking is a great low impact way to burn fat, boost your energy and get your heart pumping. Plus, everyone can benefit from walking! Of course it is not always possible to go and walk outdoors. So this indoor walking workout gives you both the option to walk right inside your own home and also have a few friends on the screen to workout with! Chris, Jodi and Lindsay are fun, motivating and knowledgeable about fitness. They will get you moving and put a smile on your face! And when you want more low impact indoor workouts our LIFT workout series is all low impact and all fun! Try our LIFT Low Impact Cardio Core Workout!>
This workout starts with a nice gentle warm-up with some good reminders about the importance of posture when you walk. You’ll do a lot of walking in place but there’s also so much more! Side to side steps, hamstring curls, skaters, and knee lifts just to name a few. And if you get a little off track or can’t do some of the moves, Chris reminds you to just go back to that home base – the power walk! If you like this workout you should also check out our great Indoor Walking Workout for Beginners! Happy walking everyone!
Well, hello, everybody at home. My name is Chris Freytag and this is your fat burning power walking workout. It is gonna be so fun today. And I have two fabulous walkers with me here today. I have the lovely Lindsay, Hello Hello and I've got the lovely Jody.
Hey And we are all ready to walk with you. So we're gonna start with an easy warm up just to activate the joints get those muscles moving, get your blood pumping. Now, if you are a beginner, this is good for you. If you are gettin' back into working out, this is good for you. Or if we're just looking for that low impact cardio option, this is good for you.
So pick those feet up and power walk with me. We'll just start a little slower or a little smaller I should say to get our bodies warmed up let's take those shoulders up, back and down. Here we go. Here we go. It's up, back and down.
We wanna focus on our posture up, back and down. Do it again. Up back and down. One more time, up, back, and back to your power walking right here. So posture is a really big part of walking indoor or outdoor.
So keep those abdominals tight. Keep those shoulders lifted and back. And pick those feet up. You got it. Take it wider Right here.
So this is what we call our wide walk as we're warming up keep still a little bit small as we're just getting everything ready to go. And then we'll pick up our range of motion in a few minutes All right. Give me four and three. Now plant your feet. Here we go with your arms, just join and open and close.
Open and close. So you're rounding that spine. Scoop out that belly. Round, open. Beautiful.
Bend your knees slightly. Four more. Three more. Two. Last one.
Walk it wide right here. Great job. Whoo. I think we're gonna have some fun in here today. Oh yeah.
Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Here we go. We're gonna go right into hamstring curls stretches out the quad. Here we go.
Right there. Right there. It also lubricates those kneecaps gets everything warmed up. Let's add some arms right here. Pull, pull Bend your knees right there.
Good. Awesome. Try to get that heel all the way up to your glute. You gotta kick it up there. Use some muscle.
Come on. Go four more sets. Three more. Two. Now hold your feet here.
It's an easy squat. It's just a half squat right here. So you sit your booty back and you squeeze those glutes. It's like you're just tapping a high stool right there. Nice and easy.
Keep the knees over the toes. Whoo. Alright. We should be so thankful for our good health, you guys. Yes.
That we can do this. I'm so glad that you made it here. That's the first step, right? Absolutely. Got it.
Bring your butt to the party. Alright, you are here. Alright. Gimme two more right here. One.
Now walk it wide. Right here, right left. And by the way, it doesn't matter if you get off, if you're on your left when we're on our right, it doesn't matter. Just keep on moving. Here we go.
Last four wide. Three, two. Bring your feet in right here. Alright. Let's float those arms up to the sky right here.
All the way up and all the way down and up. Good. Breath through mouth. We wanna get those, that oxygen to the working muscles. Here we go.
Whoo. Alright. Two more right here. One more. All the way up.
And power walk right here. Now, let's get those power walking arms so you drive the thumb to chin. Alright. You bend those elbows, you stand tall, abs nice and tight. Tuck it in right here.
Good. We're gonna keep this brisk walking pace the whole time. So I want you to dig deep inside and see if you can stay tempo with us. If you decide to slow down. No problem.
No problem. Alright. Here we go. Take it wide again let's go. right here big.
Pick those knees up just a little bit more as we're finishing up our warmup. Here we go. Right here for 4, 3, 2. Bring it in right here. Easy knee lift.
Looks like this. Right, left, right, left. So. Let's add some arms. We're gonna punch with the opposite arm right there.
Good. Just punch it straight out. Are you guys starting to feel warm back there? Definitely. Absolutely.
Absolutely. Right there. We're gonna have some fun today. Keep on going. right here Gimme eight more knee lifts.
Yes, you can. 8, 7, 6, Ah-huh. Yeah right here. Walk it out. Gimme that right foot.
Alright. Come on you guys. What do you think? Are you up for? Awesome.
This power walk today? I am ready Okay I'm warmed up ready to go Alright ick up your feet. Pick it up, right here. Now gimme a little more intensity with your effort. Two things you control.
I tell you this all the time. Attitude and effort. Yeah. Pick it up. Now you're gonna notice we're just gonna pick up our pace.
Ooh. Just a little bit. Did you notice that? yeah Just a little bit. Alright.
Power walk. Come on. Right here. You got it. Four, three.
Step touch. Right and left. Here we go. It's an easy step touch. Now, bend those knees.
Do you feel it in those quads? Good. Right here. Awesome. Get a little lower.
Alright. Here we go. Add those arms. Let's pull, pull, pull. Right there.
We just picked up the pace just a little bit. Maybe you noticed it, maybe you didn't. It's all good. Bend your knees right here. Now let's take it to a little bit of a skating motion.
Looks like this. Tap that foot behind you. You guys got that? Got it, got it. All right, we got that.
Let's add some skater arms. Right there. Right there. Tap that toe. Come on.
You got it. Get a little lower if it feels okay Come on And remember, home base is always walking. Alright. So at any point you're like, what is going on? Just go back to your walking.
right here. Last four, three. Walk it out right here. Alright. Moving into our tap outs.
Nice and easy, right and left. Here we go. It's right and left, right there. So tap that foot out. Now we're getting those hips involved right there.
Let's put those hands just right here. You can hold your hands together. We're gonna add a little rotation. You got it? Those elbows are up.
Little waistline stuff going on right here. Pull your belly to your spine. Tap it out. Come on. Now I'm thinking, let's move into those ham curls right from our tap outs.
Hold on, give me 8, 7, 6. You got it. Here we go. Hamstring curl. Right.
Left. Ooh That was a little tricky. Yeah, yeah. Right there. Let's add those arms.
Ladies. Come on at home. Work it. Work it. You don't have to jump up and down to get your intensity up.
Okay. You can if you want but let me tell you, walking low impact for those of you who need it, it is all good. Yep. Put forth your effort. You guys agree?
Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I sweat during this workout. Yeah. I know.
I don't know if it's the lights in here or what? But We are sweating. All right, walk it out Right here. Beautiful, beautiful. Awesome.
Here we go. Pick those knees up, Keep it going. We've got a really good pace going for a power walk so you can be proud of yourself. Double step touch It's a double two to the right two to the left. You got that, two to the right.
Now, watch. I'm bending my knees. So are the Jody and Lindsay. You gotta bend those knees. Lower that center of gravity.
We're gonna add those arms. Here we go. Pull pull pull. You got it. Get low.
Come on get low. You got it. Whoo. Alright, we're gonna change it to a skater motion. So one, two skate.
One, two skate. Yep. Got it. So it's that little tap back. You gotta activate your booty right there.
Come on. I hope you have enough space in your house. Move the furniture, for fitness sake. Right? Right?
Yeah, exactly. Move the furniture. Invite your friends over. Come on. You gotta keep the fitness fun.
Awesome. Last set, and walk it out right here. Alright. Alright. Pick up those knee just a little bit more.
Come on. You are doing a great job. Come on. High five, ladies. Hey girl.
High five. Love it. High fives to you at home. Let's go. Alright.
Whoo whoo. Let's go, walk it wide right here. We'll keep moving on. More ham curls. You guys ready?
Ready. Alright. Here we go. Just pick it up. We'll add those arms right away.
Pull, pull. Adding those arms. Adds that intensity. That's what she said before. Get those arms up.
Come on get down low. You got this? Whoo. All right, let's go four, three sets. Now we're gonna go right into those tap outs.
See what happens again. Here we go. Tap out. Hey Hey We did it. It doesn't matter what you're doing at home, right?
But we got our eyes on you. Yeah, we know you're working hard. Keep it coming. Twist that body. You're getting a little waist section right there.
Let's go. Alright. Eight more tap outs. Come on. 8, 7, 6.
Way to go. We're going right into heel digs. Oh my goodness. Right there. Let's add those arms right away.
You guys are getting good? Yeah. Okay. Now, little bit of this action. High low.
So we're getting a little more lower body involved and we're pumping those arms. We're right there. Very nice. I'm telling ya. It just feels good to move.
Holy. Yes. It feels great. Absolutely Always. And like I always remind you at home, you are not tired.
You are inspired today. Okay? Love it. You are inspired to do something good for your health. Here we go.
Couple more heel digs. Let's go for four. Three. Walk it out right here. Nice.
Keep that power walking intensity. If you are feeling it today, pick it up a little more. Lift those knees, which activates more hamstring and glutes. So I am proud of you at home. Alright.
Whoo. We're thinking about knee lifts now, ladies. Alright. Okay. Right knee.
Here we go. Here we go. Pull it up. Pull it up. Now what you want to think is abs tight and I want you to lift that knee up towards your chest so you don't do this.
You don't bend forward. Nice posture, walking posture. Alright. Push those arms out. Push them right here.
Just punch it forward. Good. When you keep this pace you really do work up a little bit of a sweat huh? Oh, yeah. Breathing, going on back here.
My abs working. Good job. It's fun to have your friends with you. And guess what? We are your friends too.
Woohoo. Alright. Right here. Okay. Arms overhead, you guys.
Let's go up, up Oh yeah. Now I'm just gonna make you think just a little bit. Just a little bit, okay? We're gonna punch the arms out and up. Join in when you're ready.
Here we go. Punch it out. Up, out, up There you go. I'm starting to feel this in my quads and my glutes. Whoo Tiny.
This is no joke, my friends. Nope. Right here. Let's go. Four more sets.
Three more sets. Two. Awesome power walk right here. Whoo. Alright.
And like I said, always come back to this little home base right here. Power walk. Pick those knees up. Going into kicks this time. Oh, we haven't done these yet.
Are you guys ready? Easy kick. Looks like this. Boom. Boom.
So it's almost like you're pushing the soccer ball forward a little bit. Got it. Keep your abdominals tight. We're gonna use that opposite arm to push forward. Oh man.
Man, you have to think right there. Good punch it. I love this cause it feels good on my knees. Yeah, it does. Comes up, but good on the knees.
Those of you who have you know I don't know what you wanna call 'em, bad knees. This is a great workout for you. Plus joints like to move, right? Right. Absolutely.
Joints like to move. You guys know my favorite saying motion is lotion. Exactly. When your joints are stiff, you gotta move. Go four and three and two.
We'll walk it out right here. Power walking. We're burning up some calories today, you guys which feels really good. We're, you know, getting our head in the right place where your mind goes, the energy flows. I tell you guys that all this time, so keep it coming.
We're going back to tap outs. Our old friend tap outs in 4, 3, Let's go right and left. Now hold on. I got a little spin right here. We're going double tap outs.
Oh, hey. Hey. Are you ready? Alright. Two on the right, two left.
You can twist that body just slightly. Yeah, you wanna add some arms? I saw you back there Lindsay. What are you doing? This?
Oh yeah. I like natural. Add a little style. Whatever works for you right there. Whoo.
Come on. Alright, two more. Two more nice. Walk it out. Great job.
Take it wide. Pick up those knees. You've got this. Pick it up. Are you ready, Ham Curls.
Here. Here. Now bend those knees. Alright, so staying with the theme. We're doubling up.
Let's go. Right Double. Whoa. Hey. Right there right there.
Pull. Oh, very nice. Okay, now bend your knees cuz that's gonna give you that little bit more heart rate. More calorie burn. Come on.
Bigger range of motion. Big higher heart rate. Okay, now let's play a game you guys, we're gonna go single, single, double. What? What's she saying?
Single, Single, Double. Here we go. It's single. Single. Double up.
Yeah. Yeah. Single. Single. Double up.
Yeah. Yeah. You've got it. Single. Single.
Double up. What do you guys think? Making my body and my mind hurts today Chris. Right? I'm just surprised in them today.
Ha ha. We love it. They know what's happening right there. Come on. Whoo.
Single, single, double. One more time. Right there. Now, power walk right here. Right foot.
Ah. Ooh nice. Come on. What do you guys think? I'm loving this.
Pick your knees up. Come on, everybody benefits from this workout because the bottom line is if you're moving, you're grooving you're grooving That's what I was going to say, you're grooving. The answer grooving. Come on. Right answer.
Right answer. All right, hold on. Gimme four and three and two. Knee lifts. Here we go.
Back to those knee lifts. You guys got this. Push your arms front right there. Big. Okay.
Doubling up on the knees. Here we go. Okay. Okay. Two on the right, two on the left, two on the right two on the left.
Work your brain, work your body, right. What did you? you say your brain work Your body. Oh yeah. Work your brain.
Work your body. I love it. Pump your physical and mental muscles. That's right. We're just full of all good.
We're full of all the good news today. I was gonna say as you drive that knee up towards your chest you really feel those abdominals activate. Alright, so if, like I said you're not in touch with your tummy, that's okay. You can begin to work on it right now. Last set of doubles right here.
Hey. Hey. Walk it out right here. Okay, you guys. Whoo.
We are almost done. I can't believe this. Great Crazy. We have about two minutes left in our workout. Pick your feet up.
I'm so proud of you. Alright. I got one more step to throw it yet right here. It's called the Box step. Takes me way back, takes me way back.
Take your feet wide to begin right here. Pick your knees up, pump your arms. Brisk power walking pace. That's what we're going for. Alright, Box step is two steps up, two steps back like this.
Up, back. Keep your feet wide. You make that box right there. Now let's add some arms up. Woohoo.
Double punch right there. Could you add a little style to this? Hip? Hip? Hey, hey Hey We're right there.
Come on. Whoo. I love it. This sounds fun. Got it.
Keep on moving. Now, none of us are dancers, but you know when you're in your own home or wherever you're at in a hotel I don't know where you are. Just let it loose. Became a walk with girlfriends. To a party with my girlfriends, right?
I love it. All right, two more. Power walk at home right here. Power walk at home. I cannot believe it but we are truly at the end of this workout.
Whoo. We need to give ourselves just like a minute to cool down. Now I am totally proud of you because you know what? This was probably more than you may have been planning to do. So believe in yourself.
Yes, you can gimme a high five ladies, we're gonna cool it down here. High five. Whoo. Nice. Alright, we're gonna slow it down.
Just gimme four more power walks. Three more beats. Two more. And right there. Oh, nice big deep breath up.
Inhale. Exhale. Way to go. Right there. Big.
Beautiful. We're gonna take our right foot behind us. Just an easy runner's lunge. Now here's what's happening. We're opening up that hip flexor and as these guys hold the stretch if you notice every walking step we take shortens that hip flexor.
So this is really good for our health. Just open up through your back an easy Crescent lunge, as we call it in yoga. And then let's switch sides oh man. Yeah, that feels good after this workout. I know.
It felt great. What a fun workout today, right there. Good. Let's come up. I want you to stretch up through your whole side body.
Excuse me. Feel this all the way through your hip and side body right there. Nice. Oh, big stretch, other side. Come up and out your waistband.
You did this movement. Yeah. Good. You know, I have to remind myself to do this every day. It's so good.
This movement or this workout, whatever works for you. Hands on the knees, feet are a little wider. We're just gonna come down into that half squat and then round your spine. Oh, a little flexion after that. Nice tall walking posture right there.
Alright, roll our shoulders back. Thank you my girlfriends energy. Thank you Thank you, thank you Thank you at home, we hope that you will walk with us again real soon.
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